Tag: All Aboard Florida

City commissioners Monday were torn on giving away development rights worth millions to All Aboard Florida to build around its planned $29 million downtown train station. And at paying $2.6 million to build a connector road in front of the station.

The commission did approve closing an alleyway to allow construction to begin. A groundbreaking is set for Wednesday. In January, All Aboard will close Datura and Evernia streets at Quadrille …

West Palm Beach City Commissioners have a regular meeting today at commission chambers at City Hall, 401 Clematis St.They meet first at 4:30 p.m., sitting as the board of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency. The regular commission meeting starts at 5 p.m.

Tops on the commission meeting agenda: All Aboard Florida. The board is expected to finally take on All Aboard Florida’s request to close a section of an alleyway …

Jan. 2 is the date that Datura and Evernia Streets will become blocked for the planned All Aboard Florida station, West Palm Beach City Administrator Jeff Green said Thursday after a city agenda review gathering.

The closure had been set for December. But after the board of the Downtown Development Authority appealed to All Aboard officials on Tuesday, the leaders of the rail project met with city leaders and agreed to …

The West Palm Beach city commission has called on the state for nearly $5 million to create “quiet zones” at the city’s 39 railroad crossings, in response to a planned boost in train service. Other cities already have said they will take up the fight as well.